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Hardback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; A comprehensive and fascinating look at the senses and the role they play in how we interpret the world and what happens when things go wrong.

Hardback. New. A comprehensive and fascinating look at the senses and the role they play in how we interpret the world and what happens when things go wrong.

Simon & Schuster Ltd, 2022. Hardcover. New. 336 pages. 9.45x6.42x1.06 inches.

London: Simon & Schuster, 2022. 1st. h/b. Fine. 8vo: royal (250 x 170 / 10"" x 6_""). Where are you now? Look around you; what can you see? Close your eyes and think of a loved one Ð do you see their face? Stretch out a hand; what can you feel with your fingertips, your palm, the soft underside of your wrist? What can you hear Ð nearby and far away? The information you receive from your senses makes up your world. But that world does not exist. What we perceive to be the absolute truth of the world around us is a complex reconstruction, a virtual reality created by the complex machinations of our minds in tandem with the wiring of our nervous systems. But what happens if that wiring goes awry? What happens if connections falter, or new and unexpected connections are made? Tiny shifts in the microbiology of our nervous systems can cause the world around us to shift and mutate, to become alien and unfamiliar. In The Man Who Tasted Words, consultant neurologist Guy Leschziner takes us on a journey… Read More